Re: [Caml-list] Lascar/RFSM & Camlp4 (was camlp4 & OCaml 4.08)

["Jocelyn Sérot" <jocelyn.serot@uca.fr>]

Hi Danill - and sorry for the late answer.

Yes, Lascar only use camlp4 for stream expressions (using the Genlex to parse small expressions).
I’ve checked, and i cant find any reference to camlp4 in the latest version of Rfsm; i can’t remember why i put it the package dependency list (because it itself depends on Lascar ?).
You’re much welcome to work on path. 

Jocelyn

Le 2 juil. 2019 à 11:25, Daniil Baturin <daniil@baturin.org> a écrit :

> Hi Jocelyn,
> Camlp5 is still sort of maintained, but I don't think it's going to be
> developed beyond compatibility updates.
> For syntax extensions, everyone is switching to PPX.
> 
> From a quick look, it seems like the only bit of camlp4 you use is
> stream expressions.
> This is one of the things PPX can't do (on purpose, since it doesn't
> allow _arbitrary_ extensions),
> but I don't think just using streams directly is going to make code much
> longer.
> 
> Or I missed some other camlp4 bits?
> 
> I'm ready to work on a patch if you are open to it.
> 
> On 7/2/19 1:44 PM, Jocelyn Sérot wrote:
>> Le 29 juin 2019 à 17:15, Daniil Baturin <daniil@baturin.org> a écrit :
>> 
>>> Perhaps we should make some coordinated effort to help them.
>>> I've just sent a pull request to the ocamldot maintainer that enables
>>> the graphviz files parsing and printing modules
>>> to build and work with 4.08. The GTK parts have their own issues.
>>> Next I'm going to look into LASCAR/RFSM (packages that interest me first ;).
>>> 
>> Hi Daniil,
>> 
>> I’ve been been thinking of removing the dependency of Lascar and RFSM on camlp4 for a while.
>> Is switching to CamlP5 a good alternative ? 
>> 
>> Jocelyn
>> 
>> 
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